Gas-phase process for the conversion of glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsTatjana Huber, Martin Ernst, Johann-Peter Melder, Stephanie Jaegli, Thomas Krug
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Abstract
A process for the conversion of glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent in the presence of hy-5 drogen and of a catalyst, wherein the conversion is carried out in the gas phase.
Claims12
A process for the conversion of glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent in the presence of hydrogen and of a catalyst, wherein the conversion is carried out in the gas phase and in the presence of one or more solvents wherein the weight fraction of water in the one or more solvents present during the process is in the range of 50 to 100 percent by weight and wherein the aminating agent is a compound of formula (I)
- in which
- R1, R2 are hydrogen (H), alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, or alkylaryl, or together are —(CH2)j—X—(CH2)k—,
- X is CH2, CHR3, oxygen (O), sulfur(S) or NR3,
- R3 is hydrogen (H), alkyl, or alkylphenyl,
- j, k are each integers from 1 to 4.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.